The actor Bernie Hamilton who played the captain in “Starsky and Hutch” is dead at age 80. Hamiltion died of a cardiac arrest recently. Hamilton stared as Capt. Harold Dobey in the original comedic T.V. series. Captain Dobey’s role was to chew out Starsky and Hutch whenever they got into trouble. He has worked in a music production since then for label Chocolate Snowman. His funeral arrangments have yet to be announced.